Steve finished watching the second half of season two of The Bad Batch a long time ago, but in a galaxy not so far away. As an animated show, it has to stand up to Rebels and even The Clone Wars and sometimes, well, it doesn't match the quality. Whether it's the story or the writing is up for debate, but it must be a challenge to tie together different shows in a meaningful way and please most of your fans.

Season two's second half isn't all bad, but it's not mostly good, either. If a podcaster who loves Star Wars can't admit that, or can't hold and share that opinion without derision, well, then it's obvious which set of "fans" are the real problems. Star Wars fandom is divided, but there's still hope and The Bad Batch is coming back for a third and final season in the future to tie up loose ends, hopefully without stepping on hallowed ground that has already been tread (and if it was done in live action, it's even more difficult to live up to the expectations of some fans).

This is the Way Podcast did things differently during the first season two years back with regards to recaps and discussions of The Bad Batch and that's how it is going continue.

Episode 9 of season 2 (25 overall?) begins this episode of This is the Way Podcast and we wrap it up with the season finale, Plan 99. This is the Way we'd like to handle shows like The Bad Batch and we think it works.

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